List of IPv6 tunnel brokers

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This is a list of IPv6 tunnel brokers that conform to the principles of RFC 3053 which describes a system with which users can request creation of an IPv6 tunnel on a host called a point of presence (PoP) that provides IPv6 connectivity to the user's network.

The 6in4 tunnelling protocol does not function most of the time if the IPv4 address of the host is behind a Carrier-grade NAT. In that case, the AYIYA protocol supported by the discontinued SixXS provided a working alternative.

Name  | Cost | Active Time | PoPs | Locations | Subnet | Tunnelling protocols | Features | Registration | Configuration | Language | Prefix | Server implementation

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Start | End | 6in4 | TSP | AYIYA | heartbeat | OpenVPN | WireGuard | RDNS | BGP | Multicast | Script | Manual | TSP | TIC | URL
Route48.org | Free  | 2022 | Active  | 35+  | Argentina

Australia (2) Brazil (3) Canada (3) Chile Colombia Finland France Germany (2) Hong Kong India Italy Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Russia Singapore Spain Taiwan Turkey Ukraine UAE United Kingdom United States (4)

| /48 Automated, /44 Free Ripe Assignement | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes  | English  | 2a06:a004:::/29  | Custom (GRE, BIRD, WireGuard, ZeroTier)
Tunnelbroker.ch | Up to 3 tunnels free use after CHF 75 setup fee  | 2019 | Active  | 2  | Dusseldorf, Zurich, Norway, London, Fremont  | /64 or free /44 to /48 RIPE BGP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Required | No | Yes | No | No | No  | English  | 2a0e:b107::/32  | Custom
ipv6onlyhosting*  | 120 CHF/year | 2018 | Active | 2 | Switzerland | /48 | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | English | 2a0a:e5c1::/32 | WireGuard+Django
6project.org*  | 1.50€ one-time for ::/128, 5.50€ one-time for ::/80  | 2016 | Active | 6 |
Milano, Italy
Frankfurt, Germany
Vienna, Austria
Bradford, United Kingdom
Las Vegas, USA
Wuhan, China | ::/128 and ::/80 - Other via request | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Required[1] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | English
Italian | 2a05:4140:101::/48
2a05:dfc7:46::/48
2a0e:b107:382::/48
2a05:b0c6:200f::/48
2a05:dfc7:45::/48
2406:840:feb0::/48 | OpenVPN
Custom  |
~~AARNet~~ |  | 2003 [2] | 05/04/2019 | 1 | Australia | /48 on request | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Required | Yes | No | No | No | No | English | 2001:388::/32 | gogoSERVER
~~CITC~~ |  | 2010 [3] | ? | 1 | Saudi Arabia | /64 | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Required[4] | No | No | Yes | No | No | English, Arabic | 2001:67c:130::/48 | ddtb[5]
~~Got-root~~ |  | 2018 | 2019 | 1 | Strasbourg, France | /80 or /64 on donation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | English | 2a07:59c0::/32 | Custom
Hurricane Electric[6] (tunnelbroker.net)  | Up to 5 tunnels for free | 2002[7] | Active | 37[8] | Africa (2 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (2 countries), South America (Colombia), Oceania (Australia) | /64 default
/48 on request | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | $500/month | No | Required[9] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[10] | English | 2001:470::/32
2600:70ff::/32 | Unknown
tunnelbroker.li (iFog.ch)  | Free  | 2019 | Active  | 7  | Germany, UK, USA, Norway, Spain, Singapore  | /64 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Required | No | Yes | No | No | No  | English  | Various  | Custom
IP4Market | Free | 2018 | Active | 1 | Russia | /48 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Required | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Russian | 2a03:e2c0::/32

2a0d:8340::/32

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~~IPv6Now~~ |  | 2008[11] | ? | 1 | Australia | /64 or /48 on request | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Required | No | No | Yes | No | No | English | 2406:a000::/32 | gogoSERVER
NetAssist |  | 2011[12] | Active | 1 | Ukraine | /48 | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes[13] | English, Russian | 2a01:d0:8000::/33 | Unknown
August Internet | Free | 2021 | Active | 5 | Kansas City, MO | /48 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | English | 2602:fc23::/36 | Custom
~~SixXS~~ |  | 2000[14] | 2017 [15] | 49[16] | Australia , Brazil , Europe (20 countries), New Zealand, New Caledonia, Russia , United States (8 states), Vietnam | /64 default
/48 on request | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Suspended[17] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | English | Various[18] | sixxsd[19]
tunnelbroker.se (requires Swedish IPv4 endpoint)  | Free and Paid | 2021 | Active | 2 | Sweden | /64 default, up to /48 on request | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Required | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | English and Swedish | Various | Custom

*Paid services

The columns in the table provide the following details:

Name  | The name of the organisation providing the tunnel broker, this generally maps directly to an Internet service provider.

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PoPs  | Number of PoPs deployed
Locations  | Locations where the tunnel broker has a PoP where termination of a tunnel can occur.
Subnet  | What subnet allocation the tunnel broker provides next to the /127 or /64 for the tunnel.
Tunnelling protocols
| Which tunnelling protocols are provided by the tunnel broker. This has impact on whether one can use a tunnel behind NAT or in cases where the IPv4 address of the user changes often. Check the relevant protocol descriptions for more details, or see this tunneling comparison.
6in4  | 6in4 tunnels IPv6 packets directly inside IPv4, also called 'proto-41' due to the protocol number (41) it uses.
TSP  | The Tunnel Setup Protocol. It uses a UDP-based tunnel, which is used for both tunnelling and configuration.
AYIYA  | AYIYA allows users behind a NAT and/or a dynamic address to maintain connectivity even when roaming between networks. It uses a UDP-based tunnel.
heartbeat[20] | heartbeat is a side-protocol for signalling the current IP address of a user's 6in4 endpoint. This allows the use of a 6in4 tunnels where the user's endpoint is a dynamic IP address.
Features  | RDNS  | Whether the tunnel broker provides reverse DNS delegations for the address space they provide over the tunnel.
BGP  | Whether the tunnel broker accepts a BGP peering allowing one to announce one's own address space or see routing information.
Multicast  | Whether the tunnel broker provides IPv6 Multicast over a tunnel.
Registration  | If registration is optional or required. Registration requires the user provides real details (at minimum an email address, typically also name and address)
Configuration
| What methods are available for configuring tunnels and subnets provided by the tunnel broker
Script  | Indicates that the broker provides a script through their website that one can run on a computer for setting up the tunnel.
Manual  | That one can set up the tunnel manually if wanted
TSP  | Uses the Tunnel Setup Protocol (TSP) which requires the gogoclient and which can provide configuration details for TSP protocol tunnels.
TIC  | Uses the Tunnel Information and Control (TIC)[21] protocol as implemented by AICCU, AVM FRITZ!Box, Draytek, Motorola and others. This can provide configuration details for static, heartbeat and AYIYA tunnels.
URL  | URL indicates that changes to the tunnel parameters can be made on the website (e.g. enable/disable or change the endpoint)
Language  | Which languages are supported by the providers web interface and other communication channels.
Prefix  | Which IPv6 prefix(es) are used for the tunnel broker. If a /32 is indicated, generally only a portion is used for tunnels/subnets for the tunnel broker or the name of the tunnel broker service that is providing the address space.
Server implementation  | The Tunnel broker server software used by the tunnel broker.

## References

1. ↑ "6project Policy". 6project. https://6project.org/policies/.
2. ↑ "AARNet IPv6 Migration Broker experimental service". AARnet mailinglist. 12 November 2003. http://mailman.anu.edu.au/pipermail/link/2003-November/053496.html.
3. ↑ "Saudi Arabia IPv6 Task Force - 9th task force meeting". Saudi Arabia IPv6 Task Force. 10 October 2010. http://ipv6.sa/9th-task-force-meeting/.
4. ↑ "IPv6 Tunnel Broker Registration". Saudi Arabia IPv6 Task Force. http://ipv6.sa/tunnel_broker_registration/.
5. ↑ "CITC IPv6 Tunnel Broker - Saudi Arabia IPv6 Task Force". Ipv6.org.sa. http://www.ipv6.org.sa/tunnelbroker.
6. ↑ "Hurricane Electric Free IPv6 Tunnel Broker". Tunnelbroker.net. http://www.tunnelbroker.net/.
7. ↑ "Hurricane Electric Upgrades IPv6 Tunnel Broker". Hurricane Electric. https://he.net/releases/release6.html.
8. ↑ "Tunnel Server Status". Hurricane Electric. http://www.tunnelbroker.net/status.php.
9. ↑ "HE.net IPv6 Tunnel Broker Registration". Hurricane Electric. https://tunnelbroker.net/register.php.
10. ↑ "Dyn-compliant Endpoint Updates". Hurricane Electric. https://forums.he.net/index.php?topic=1994.0.
11. ↑ "IPv6 Now!". IPv6 Now. 1 August 2008. http://www.ipv6now.com.au/media.php#080801.
12. ↑ "Netassist announces Tunnel Broker". NetAssist on Facebook. 5 September 2011. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=120034581430759&id=156072537781980.
13. ↑ "NetAssist::IPv6 Tunnel Broker". Netassist.ua. http://tb.netassist.ua/.
14. ↑ "History :: SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker". SixXS. http://www.sixxs.net/about/history/.
15. ↑ "Main :: SixXS". https://www.sixxs.net/main/.
16. ↑ "SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker :: Points of Presence". Sixxs.net. http://www.sixxs.net/pops/.
17. ↑ "Signup for a -SIXXS handle". SixXS. https://www.sixxs.net/signup/.
18. ↑ "SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker :: Points of Presence - All Prefixes". Sixxs.net. http://www.sixxs.net/pops/prefixes/.
19. ↑ "SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker :: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)". Sixxs.net. http://www.sixxs.net/faq/sixxs/?faq=sixxsd.
20. ↑ "draft-massar-v6ops-heartbeat-01 - SixXS Heartbeat Protocol". Tools.ietf.org. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-massar-v6ops-heartbeat.
21. ↑ "SixXS - IPv6 Deployment & Tunnel Broker :: Tunnel Information and Control protocol (TIC)". Sixxs.net. http://www.sixxs.net/tools/tic/.

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